Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-29
Friday, July ae, 1887.
RESTRICTING EMIGRATION.

RESTRICTING EMIGRATION.
The Washington Gazette says: 1.-THE
evils Of unrestricted emigration TO this
country has become so widely and
generally appreciated that there is no
wonder that there Is an earnest protest
against Its further continuance now
being uttered throughout the country.
And this, let it be distinctly remem-
bered, is not the old spirit of Know
Nothingism. There is nothing at all
parallel between that outburst of ma.
tional zeal aud the present philos phi
cal crusade against unrestricted foreign
emigration. We are filling up at the
rate Of a million of people a year-Iot
natural increase, but a fioodtide of
adults that is surely swapping the
country. This emigration is of a
character very distinct from what We
got years ago. 1t is composed mainly
of the dregs OF Europe. The Polish,
Bohemian aud Hungarian emigration
that comes To US now Is not what any
good government desires. Unfit to
participate In our institutions, ignor-
ant Vt the first principles Of our gov
eminent, careless to learn, these emf
grants become a disturbing factor in
our political economy the moment
they land. Ii is time 20 call a halt.
The press all over the country is
taking this matter up vigorously and
demanding that emigration shall lie
restricted. No one desires that il
shall cease. We still have room for
the worthy, the intelligent, the indus
triOus. But the vast crowds that are
coming now are, nine out of ten, unfit
TO participate in the blessings OF a free
government, and should be stopped.
The ignorant Poles aud other Slavs
who are pouring into the country are
not as desirable u class of emigrants as
the Chiuese, whom We all agree 10 de-
string to prohibit entrance on our
shores. One thing is certain, the
country cannot assimilate the vast
hordes of deprsved and worthless for.
eigners nov inundating US at the rate
of over 2D0 per day. Self-preservation,
the highest law of nature, calls US to
restrict it.n
The Washington Critic last Monday
contained a forcible and earnest edi.
torial on this subject from which We
make the following extracts:
I'm this vast horde Of diversified
humanity concentrating here from all
quarters of the Old World there is a
large infusion Of the d~isreputable and
undesirable, composing an element
hostile to the accepted theories of
American liberty and at wal with the
great principles Of law and social order
underlying our government.
Against the further importation of
these obnoxious elements, bearing
with them the seeds of anarchy and
revolution, the Critic calls a halt!
This element comprises the pauper
and criminal, the anarchist and red
republican" the brggar and the
chevalier d. industrie, the general
scum and refuse of the Old World
cesspools.
"It arrays itself against the existing
fabric of society and the ordinances es-
tablished by consent of the governed
for the welfare of the people.
IL recognizes no authority Of God or
man which conflicts with its own fan.
atical or destructive designs.
at confouDds the freedom of Amer
lean citizenship with the license Of
rufiianism and unbridled turbulence.
ut is In great part the germ of dis
content among labor organizations and
creates incentives and material for
strikes, boycotts and outlawry.
1.-THE question Of restricting immi-
grafton to the industrious and worthy
class Of emigrants and the exclusion
OF all that foreign element which Is
briefly described above, is a living is.
sue, and Its importance comes directly
home 70 the hearts aud hearthstone OF
every person In the republic who is
struggling for a livelihood and a home
for himself and his posterity, as we'll
a. to those who have already acquired
a~property stake anywhere throughout
the broad Union"